Javascript in the cloud

JavaScript
IN THE CLOUD

Mostafa Eweda
eSpace Technologies
10 January, 2013
Saturday, February 2, 13

Program

• Javascript, 1995 to 2013
• Building Cloud9
• Demo


Javascript

• Livescript
• Netscape 2.0
• Not like Java
• More like Scheme


JS had to "look like Java" only
less so, [it had to] be
Java's dumb kid brother.


XMLHttpRequest


DOM

• Never meant to be scripted
• Direct mapping of C structures
• Incovenient API


Java vs. Javascript

Let’s confess:
JavaScript is already the language of the Web

People started to care

• VMs got faster
• And embeddable!
• EcmaScript 5
• JSConf

So, JavaScript is a very simple, but often
misunderstood language.

Node.js is a NOT another web
framework. I promise !

Google’s V8 engine
as an executable!


LibUV


Asynchronous is cool!


I hate
asynchronous!


Normal C++ IO


LibUV C++ IO


Javascript LibUV

Node.js is a platform for building fast,
scalable network applications.

Javascript bindings to LibUV

Standard libraries in JS

JS executed in V8


LibUV
Not exclusive


Read File in Ruby
file = File.new("readfile.rb", "r")
while (line = file.gets)
# Do something with line
end
file.close

Read File in Node
fs.readFile('readfile.js', function (err, buffer){
if (err) throw err;
// File is read and we're done.
});


browser.js

db.js

server.js


Normal C++ IO
• Node.js is fast by design.
• Never blocking on I/O means less
threads.


Program

Async.parallel([
function loadData(next) {
db.loadData(next);
},
function readFile(next) {
fs.readFile(fName, next);
], function done(err, items) {
if (err) throw err;
// Do something with items
});

https://github.com/caolan/async

Program
var user;
Async.series([
function loadUser(next) {
db.getUser(user_id, function(err, u){
user = u;
next(err);
});
},
function findItems(next) {
var sql = "SELECT * FROM store WHERE
type=?";
db.query(sql, user.type, next);
], function done(err, items) {
if (err) throw err;
// Do something with items
});


Program
Mix to do complex stuff like:

https://github.com/caolan/async

Normal developers


JavaScript Developer


is to

as is to


You really need HELP

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undeclared variable



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undeclared variable

Iterating using undeclared variable
Did you mean “length”?



Text

undeclared variable

Iterating using undeclared variable
Did you mean “length”?
function created in loop
Warning: you are in an anonymous inner function with its own “this” pointer


Debugging


(Smart!) Code completion


Free Linux VM!

Real terminal

Collaboration


Create

Deploy
Run/Debug

Share Test


Program

• Javascript, 1995 to 2012
• Building Cloud9
• Demo


Node.js simple server

var http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
res.end('Hello world');
}).listen(3000);


Node.js real web app
express / connect
$ npm install -g express
$ express --sessions --css stylus --ejs jade
$ cd myapp
$ npm install
$ node app.js

app.get('/hello.txt', function(req, res){
res.send('Hello World');
});
app.listen(3000);
console.log('Listening on port 3000');

$ node app

http://expressjs.com/

Node.js real web app
Socket.IO 100% JS
Realtime apps made possible blurring the
differences between browser transport mechanisms.

$ npm install socket.io

Server Client
var io = require('socket.io'); <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
// attached to the express app <script>
// or runs standalone on port 80 var socket = io.connect('http://localhost');
io = io.listen(app || 80);
socket.on('message', function (msg) {
io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) { console.log(msg);
socket.on('message', function (msg) { socket.send({ info: 'trash' });
console.log(msg); });
}); </script>
});

http://socket.io

Future (Architect)
• A simple yet powerful plugin system for
large-scale Node.js applications
• Dependency Injection for JavaScript
Managing > ~100K LOC of JS
JS: Dynamically typed - Singly threaded

http://github.com/c9/architect

Wrap-Up

• Node.js is brilliant for modern web apps
• If you do realtime app that is meant to be scalable,
you should probably consider Node.js & Socket.io

• Scale your code base: http://github.com/c9/architect
for your application.

• Check out c9.io for a serious online IDE.


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http://c9.io

Mostafa Eweda
github.com/mostafaeweda
@mostafaeweda


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